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The New Economy

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. All good stuff, and I'm not at all against any of this, of course, and I think as a short-term way out of the worst of our current problems, it makes a boat load of sense. He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008.

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The New Economy

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. All good stuff, and I'm not at all against any of this, of course, and I think as a short-term way out of the worst of our current problems, it makes a boat load of sense. He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008.

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Majora Carter’s Eco-Entrepreneurship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She founded the nonprofit Sustainable South Bronx , was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and today leads the Majora Carter Group , an economic consulting firm she formed in 2008 to bring her approach to underserved communities across the country.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all." Global Energy Observatory ? s focused on an important problem ? See Thomas Friedman? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all.". There has been a rising consensus that we need to transform our global energy system to reduce energy usage and to shift to less carbon intensive energy sources.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study. Proponents of nonprofit impact investing cite that seven out of ten high-net-worth Americans have more faith in the private sector than the nonprofit or government sectors due to its utilization of social impact investing.

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